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    Hi!

    For the ones that own Asus AT5IONT-I Atom motherboard with NVidia ION graphics or similar hardware, here's what is needed to make it work flawlessly in Lubuntu 14.04.

    • Install proprietary video drivers
      Code:
      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
    • Big desktop fonts are solved with DPI parameter in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-xserver-command.conf
    • Install VDPAU support
      Code:
      sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 vdpau-va-driver
    • Install Mozilla Flash plugin along with some tweaking so Flash is able to use hardware for decoding
      Code:
      sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
      sudo mkdir /etc/adobe
      sudo echo -e "EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode = 1\nOverrideGPUValidation = 1" | sudo tee /etc/adobe/mms.cfg
    • Install Pulseaudio along with Pulseaudio Volume Control
      Code:
      sudo apt-get install pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pavucontrol
    • Setup ALSA to use HDMI audio output (if you're using HDMI for that)
      insert "options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0xffff,0xfff2" in "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf"
    • Setup default audio to HDMI in Pulseaudio
      Code:
      pacmd list-cards   ## You should get a list of cards you have, and each card will have a list of profiles.  Get the index number of the card you want.
      pacmd set-card-profile 1 output:hdmi-stereo
      edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and at the bottom put:
      Code:
      set-card-profile 1 	output:hdmi-stereo
      set-default-sink 1
    • Install newest SMPlayer for your video player needs, and also you have a nice Youtube player in it which is stable contrary to occasionally crashing Flash in FF.
      Code:
      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes smplayer-skins
    • ~/.mplayer/config file should contain these lines at least:
      Code:
      ao=pulse
      vo=vdpau
      vc=ffh264vdpau,ffmpeg12vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,
    • Setup SMPlayer preferences according to parameters in ~/.mplayer/config
    • Paste these lines to ~/pa-vol.sh and make the file executable, so it can be used in LXDE environment for volume up/down/mute
      Code:
      #!/bin/bash
      # CHANGES, RE-VIEWS/WRITES, IMPROVEMENTS:
      # mhasko: functions; VOL-steps; 
      # gashapon: autodectect default sink
      # konrad: more reliable way to autodetect default sink
       
      # get default sink name
      SINK_NAME=$(pacmd dump | perl -a -n -e 'print $F[1] if /set-default-sink/')
      # try this line instead of the one above if you got problems with the detection of your default sink.
      #SINK_NAME=$(pactl stat | grep "alsa_output" | perl -a -n -e 'print $F[2]')
       
      # set max allowed volume; 0x10000 = 100%
      VOL_MAX="0x10000"
       
      STEPS="16" # 2^n
      VOL_STEP=$((VOL_MAX / STEPS))
       
      VOL_NOW=`pacmd dump | grep -P "^set-sink-volume $SINK_NAME\s+" | perl -p -n -e 's/.+\s(.x.+)$/$1/'`
      MUTE_STATE=`pacmd dump | grep -P "^set-sink-mute $SINK_NAME\s+" | perl -p -n -e 's/.+\s(yes|no)$/$1/'`
       
      function plus() {
              VOL_NEW=$((VOL_NOW + VOL_STEP))
              if [ $VOL_NEW -gt $((VOL_MAX)) ]; then
                      VOL_NEW=$((VOL_MAX))
              fi
              pactl set-sink-volume $SINK_NAME `printf "0x%X" $VOL_NEW`
      }
       
      function minus() {
              VOL_NEW=$((VOL_NOW - VOL_STEP))
              if [ $(($VOL_NEW)) -lt $((0x00000)) ]; then
                      VOL_NEW=$((0x00000))
              fi
              pactl set-sink-volume $SINK_NAME `printf "0x%X" $VOL_NEW`
      }
       
      function mute() {
              if [ $MUTE_STATE = no ]; then
                      pactl set-sink-mute $SINK_NAME 1
              elif [ $MUTE_STATE = yes ]; then
                      pactl set-sink-mute $SINK_NAME 0
              fi
      }
       
      function get() {
              BAR=""
              if [ $MUTE_STATE = yes ]; then
                      BAR="mute"
                      ITERATOR=$((STEPS / 2 - 2))
                      while [ $ITERATOR -gt 0 ]; do
                              BAR=" ${BAR} "
                              ITERATOR=$((ITERATOR - 1))
                      done
              else
                      DENOMINATOR=$((VOL_MAX / STEPS))
                      LINES=$((VOL_NOW / DENOMINATOR))
                      DOTS=$((STEPS - LINES))
                      while [ $LINES -gt 0 ]; do
                              BAR="${BAR}|"
                              LINES=$((LINES - 1))
                      done
                      while [ $DOTS -gt 0 ]; do
                              BAR="${BAR}."
                              DOTS=$((DOTS - 1))
                      done
              fi
              echo "$BAR"
      }
       
      case "$1" in
              plus)
                      plus
              ;;
              minus)
                      minus
              ;;
              mute)
                      mute
              ;;
              get)
                      get
      esac
    • Paste these lines into <keyboard></keyboard> section of ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml
      Code:
         <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
            <action name="Execute">
             <command>pa-vol.sh mute</command>
            </action>
          </keybind>
           <keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
            <action name="Execute">
             <command>pa-vol.sh plus<command>
            </action>
          </keybind>
           <keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
            <action name="Execute">
             <command>pa-vol.sh minus</command>
            </action>
          </keybind>
    • Install ssh server so you can connect Android's MPlayerSSH remote control application to mplayer.
      Code:
      sudo apt-get install openssh-server
    • Install Unified Remote server so you can use Unified Remote from Android, multimedia keys. http://www.unifiedremote.com


    This was just a quick tutorial, but if something goes wrong, feel free to ask.... Hope it helps.
    Last edited by trancephorm; October 25th, 2014 at 06:22 PM.

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